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What did Great Britain want to do with the USA if they won the war of 1812?

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I have read in "The Autumn of the Middle Ages" by J. Huizinga that in late middle ages, during holy masses, people often talked loud, argued and laughed at priest, and there were cases of desecration of the alter by drunk people. How real are those descriptions?

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Did ancient Greek and Roman religions have any rules or taboos regarding food, clothing or obligatory gatherings?

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How dense were amcient and medieval battles? How much space did typical soldier have to fight?

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When the people of former Western Roman Empire stopped to identify themselves as Romans and start to call themselves French, Italian, etc.?

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Several slave states remained in the Union during the Civil War. What was their reaction on the Declaration of Emancipation?

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Did the League of Nations have any role during the II World War? What was its work during the war?

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Were religious fanaticism and fights betweens sects big issue in medieval Muslim world?

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Why Princess Diana was so popular and so loved among common British people, while royal court criticised her for scandals?

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Edward VII started Coburg dynasty because he took the name after his father, prince Albert. Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten. Why her descendants still bear name of Windsor instead of Mountbatten?

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What did Great Britain want to do with the USA if they won the war of 1812?	229
I have read in "The Autumn of the Middle Ages" by J. Huizinga that in late middle ages, during holy masses, people often talked loud, argued and laughed at priest, and there were cases of desecration of the alter by drunk people. How real are those descriptions?	26
Did ancient Greek and Roman religions have any rules or taboos regarding food, clothing or obligatory gatherings?	10
How dense were amcient and medieval battles? How much space did typical soldier have to fight?	8
When the people of former Western Roman Empire stopped to identify themselves as Romans and start to call themselves French, Italian, etc.?	5
Several slave states remained in the Union during the Civil War. What was their reaction on the Declaration of Emancipation?	5
Did the League of Nations have any role during the II World War? What was its work during the war?	5
Were religious fanaticism and fights betweens sects big issue in medieval Muslim world?	2
Why Princess Diana was so popular and so loved among common British people, while royal court criticised her for scandals?	2
Edward VII started Coburg dynasty because he took the name after his father, prince Albert. Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten. Why her descendants still bear name of Windsor instead of Mountbatten?	1